A survey of the oldest section of the Great Wall of ... The next phase dates to the Warring States Period (475 B.C.E. to 221 ...

For centuries, China’s Great Wall has been a symbol of resilience ... The excavation uncovered distinct phases of ...

Mark Leong/ Redux The Great Wall of China is 4,000 miles long and much ... towers that was unified only during frenzied Ming dynasty construction, beginning in the late 1300s.

Criterion (vi): The Great Wall has an incomparable symbolic significance in the history of China. Its purpose was to protect China from outside aggression, but also to preserve its culture from the ...

Succeeding emperors and dynasties continued the construction ... The Great Wall was designed for protection, but don’t forget the forts that were another part of China’s defenses.

Back to top 2. The secret ingredient holding the Great Wall of China together Construction of the Great Wall of China started in around 220 BC, with the main wall measuring 2,150 miles (3,460 km).